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Technical Prowess

Technical Prowess

From: Charging Ahead

This chapter explores Hydro-Quebec’s impressive technical systems. It discusses the laboratory in Varennes (part of the campus of the Hydro-Quebec’s research institute – … ; 18 $1.80 Add
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Technically, It’s a Ravioli
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Technically, It’s a Ravioli

The Wrapper

From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings

Kristen Arnett examines the concept of ravioli. 2 $0.20 Add
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Technological Utopias

Technological Utopias

World's Fairs and Theme Parks

From: The Culture of Nature

The author explores World’s Fairs and theme parks, including Expo 67 (Montreal) and Expo 86 (Vancouver), to examine the process of technological development and its consequences on the … 38 $3.80 Add
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Telling Her Own Story

Telling Her Own Story

From: No Place For A Woman

The opening sections of the book provide a brief biography of Ella Manuel, describing her Newfoundland upbringing, travels, and relationships throughout her life. 3 $0.30 Add
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Temperance
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Temperance

The Rise of Social Conscience

From: Bottoms Up

Chapter 5 explores the development of a backlash against alcohol culture in the form of the temperance movement. 14 $1.40 Add
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Territorealise: Mapping and Remapping South Sámi Culture, Landscape, and Language
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Territorealise: Mapping and Remapping South Sámi Culture, Landscape, and Language

Land and Language: Section 1

From: Qummut Qukiria!

This chapter examines how to map the land of the Sámi. Topics discussed include cartography, early mention of culture in northern europe, mapping sami cultural mentions and culture through … 13 $1.30 Add
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Terror, Anger, Grief, Loss
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Terror, Anger, Grief, Loss

From: Killing the Wittigo

In the first chapter, Methot categorizes the traumatic implications of oppressive colonial tactics into historic trauma, impacts on 1st generation, intergenerational impacts, and continued … 26 $2.60 Add
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Terror on Gold Street

Terror on Gold Street

From: Family Ties

This chapter discusses the origins of Ukrainian statehood, specifically discussing the events of June 30, 1941, and the violence of Nazi occupation. 9 $0.90 Add
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Terrors and triumphs

Terrors and triumphs

From: The Wheel of Things

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Testimonio
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Testimonio

Canadian Mining in the Aftermath of Genocides in Guatemala

What is land? A resource to be exploited? A commodity to be traded? A home to cherish? In Guatemala, a country still reeling from thirty-six years of US-backed state repression and genocides, … ; 268 View
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Testing the Power System

Testing the Power System

From: Charging Ahead

This chapter explores Hydro-Quebec’s current experimental projects/evolutions in the way that they are producing energy, looking at their experiments with solar, geothermal, and hydrogen … ; 18 $1.80 Add
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Textiles Go South

Textiles Go South

SECTION FOUR- Tenacity and modernity

From: A Distinct Alien Race

This chapter explores the decline of the textile industry. By the mid-20th century the textile mills that attracted workers from Québec to the New England, and that once led the … 17 $1.70 Add
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Textiles in Brunswick – The First Half-Century

Textiles in Brunswick – The First Half-Century

SECTION ONE - From ships’ captains to captains of industry

From: A Distinct Alien Race

This chapter looks at cotton manufacturing in what is now the State of Maine. It touches on the stories of various influential businessmen, the history of the Cabot Manufacturing Company, and the … 15 $1.50 Add
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That Fine Summer and Final Reflections

That Fine Summer and Final Reflections

From: No Place For A Woman

The opening sections of the book provide a brief biography of Ella Manuel, describing her Newfoundland upbringing, travels, and relationships throughout her life. 4 $0.40 Add
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That Men May Fight
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That Men May Fight

Women and Military Service during the World Wars

From: Material Traces of War

This chapter describes what some Canadian women did in the military along with how they pushed and lobbied for expanded roles. From military nurses in both wars, to paramilitary auxiliary corps, … ; ; 71 $7.10 Add
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".. .That Sweep of Savage Splendour... "A Century of Australians in Antarctica

“.. .That Sweep of Savage Splendour… “A Century of Australians in Antarctica

From: From Subjects to Citizens

Initially lured south perhaps as much by virtue of opportunistic geography as their undoubted ability, a number of remarkable individuals from that era would in time forge an enduring link … 14 $1.40 Add